Picture-mount and portfolio therefor.



No. 693;!152. O Patented Feb. I902.

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PICTURE MOUNT AND PORTFOLIO THEREFOR.

(Application filed May 27, 1901.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT FFI-CE,

MOTT- W. MCDONALD, OF GALION, OHIO.

PICTURE-MOUNT AND PORTFOLIO THEREFOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 693,052, dated February 11, 1902.

Application filed May 27,1901.

consists in the novel construction of the mount and the combination thereof with a portfolio having retaining-flaps for holding the inount in place.

Photographs, etchings, drawings, and the like mounted upon cards are customarilyinclosed in portfolios, which serve to protect the picture and its mount from injury while being handled. These portfolios are customarily of paper and consist of a sheet of paper once folded. The side of the portfolio thus formed which is to receive the picture is custom'arily provided with retaining-flaps at the top and bottom, which hold the picture-mount in place. These flaps being formed by folding over the paper at the top and bottom do not lie flat, as they should, but tend to rise, and thus are likely to be torn or otherwise injured, so that such a portfolio may soon be so injured as to be rendered unsightly.

The objects of my invention are to prevent injury to the retaining flaps of portfolios such as above described, to improve the appearance of the pictures themselves, and to accomplish these objects in a simple and inexpensive manner. These objects are attained in the invention herein described, and illustrated in the drawings which accompany and form a part of this specification, in which-- Figure 1 represents a portfolio such as above described open, with a picture-mount within it, the mount being constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a section, on a larger scale, on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1, the thickness of the parts being exaggerated; and Fig. 3 is a similar section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1.

In the drawings, a and b designate the two Serial No. 62,015. (No model.)

raining-flaps upon the right-hand page Z7; 6,

a mat surrounding the space on the card intended to receive the picture and secured to card e at places remote from the edges, as indicated at h and 11, Figs. 1 and 3, thus leaving. the edge portions of the mat free. The card 6 and mat f in this case form a mount for the picture, the latter being designated by reference-letter k. The mat also forms a frame for the picture, relieving the otherwise level surface of the mount and imparting a finished appearance to the picture as a whole. The mat is adapted to be embossed or otherwise ornamented to enhance the frame effect produced by it. The principal function of the mat, however, is to protect the retainingflaps c and d froin'injury. These flaps being formed by folding over the paper from which the portfolio is formed at the top and bottom of page b, as already stated, tend to occupy an elevated angularposition, as indicated in dotted lines in ,Fig. 2, instead of lying flat, as they should. This tendency is due both to the stiffness of the paper and also to the fact that the mount is thick and its edges are close to the points of attachment of the flaps to the page I), so that the'mount tends to raise these flaps somewhat. 4 In this elevated position these flaps are extremely likely to be torn, marred, or otherwise injured to such an extent as to render the portfolio unsightly, and the flaps may even be torn ofi altogether, thus impairing the usefulness of the portfolio. These objections I overcome by means of the mat f. As above stated, the upper and lower portions of this mat are not attached to the card. Therefore when the mount is placed within the portfolio the card 6 may be placed under the retainingflaps c and d, while the ends of the mat are permitted to overlie the said flaps. In other words, the flaps are inserted between the card and the mat. Themat then serves to hold the same time prevented from impairing the frame efiect of the mat, above referred to. The mat will always lie close to the card, because it is not folded, because the paper from which the portfolio is formed is usually thin relatively to the card and mat, and because pages or sections of the portfolio; 0 and (Z, re-

the flaps down in place, while the flaps are at.

a removable card-mount for a picture, andf ICC the mat is attached to the card at the center only and the flaps are never long enough to approach the point of attachment of the mat to the card closely and so to exercise a wedging action similar to that exerted by the card upon the said flaps. Therefore the exposure of the ends of the mat does not render it liable to injury.

As shown in Figs. 1 and 3, the portfolio is also provided with a third flap g along the side edge of the page b, which is also inserted under the edge of the mat, the side edge of the mat being free to permit this. Dotted lines hand 71 indicate the spaces where the mat may be pasted or otherwise secured to the card to leave the ends and outside edge free; but the flap 9 may be omitted, if desired. Its use is desirable, however, both because it protects the adjacent edge of the card and because it strengthens the portfolio along the edge. r

Having thus completely described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, with a portfolio having retaining-flaps, of a card, and a mat secured to the card to leave free edges in the vicinity of said flaps, whereby the said retaining-flaps may be inserted between the card and mat. I

' 2. A mount for pictures and the like, comprising a card, and a mat secured thereto at places remote from the edges,whereby objects may be inserted between the card and mat at such edges.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

MOTT W".- MCDONALD. 

